Sponsored by Mensa Education and Research Foundation
Mailing Address: 1315 Brookside Dr. - Hurst , TX , United States 76053
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The Mensa foundation Scholarship Program awards moreÌý that $175,000 in assistance every year to college-bound students around the globe. Scholarships are awarded based solely on 550-word essays expressing applicants' academic and professional goals and how their personal experiences will help them to accomplish those goals.
U.S. applicants need not be Mensa members. However, college-bound Mensa members and their dependents may also be eligible for one of several $2,500 scholarships awarded each year through the Mensa Member Scholarship Program.
Requirements
- Applicants must be enrolled in a degree program in an accredited U.S. institution of higher learning during the academic year following the application date.
- Applicants must submit an application and essay explaining his or her career, academic and/or vocational goals.
Application cycle opens September 15 and closes January 15